Recipes for chemo

Avocados!

what about shakes with peanut butter or banana? Not too sweet, add some meal replacement powder for calories. Sort of unrelated, but if they give him zofran for the vomiting it will constipate him like mad so try to include fiber also, or even see if he will take miralax occasionally you can mix it into anything.

Here's my lentil,

I'm a bit lazy with soup but if you swapped out the stock cube for some actual ham, you could add an extra 2/300 cals to that recipe (that's one bowl).

scotch broth made with lamb or beef (beyond my culinary skills) would be even higher. Chowders made with fish and cream would be higher again. I'd try googling soup recipes.

The highest calorie 'meals' I can think of are carbonara (pasta, egg yolks, garlic, bacon, double cream) and chicken satay (chicken and a peanut buttery marinade thingy).

Sorry to hear about your partner. When my mother was going through chemo, I found that she had better success with drinks and also snacking. You could make something like Chai Tea with full fat milk (if they can handle full fat) - it's not that sweet and maybe some mass gainer protein powder in it. I would also have calorie dense snacks available such as nuts and seeds or even pastries. People going through chemo often get a dry mouth, so something that goes down easy so to speak may be preferable.

I notice that you said he was not a fan of ice cream - you could try a few that are on the less sweet side.

On the meal side, some things to consider are meals that are heavy on cream and oils (maybe with a fatty fish like salmon or trout. Add things like avocados and bacon to meals where you can. Use hemp seeds (they are very nutrient and calorie dense). Mashed potatoes with butter and sour cream and some cheese. Quiche with lots of cheese and bacon. Just some random thoughts.

Furbuster wrote: »

Thanks everyone for their tips very helpful - this mass gainer protein powder stuff. Can you add it to savoury stews and soups/ mash etc ?

A lot of brands do unflavoured versions - these are ideal for incorporating into existing dishes and the like. Not sure where you're located, but myprotein does weightgainers that come in unflavoured. If you're in UK/europe check them out. I'm sure others will know more about US stuff

Wish you both every success!

I'm nearly a five year survivor of late stage and have many on my FL which had many different cocktails of chemo. PM me if yah want am I'm quite sure I can help. This offer stands for anybody seeking advice or just an ear to bend.

It might help what kind of chemo or cancer if you don't know the name of the chemo. Since different chemos can have totally different side effects on the digestive system, possible nausea, change of taste buds(tastes like metal). If he is having radiation, going to want to drink plenty of water as that will dry you out quickly.

I general bananas are easy on the stomach but not high on calories. Protein shakes are pretty hard to keep down especially if he has nausea. If a dietician isn't available to him, talk to the nurses/oncologist and they will have a lot of this info not to mention some sort of package of info that will have useful info.

Generally a patient is to stay away from sweets, but sometimes that rule is ignored if the weight loss is too rapid and/or there is a lot of surgeries planned along with the treatments. Which goes back to talking to Oncologist, mine had me eat anything.

Hope the best for you both and a smooth and easiest possible treatments.

Steriods are your partners friend.
My mother and father both passed away recently from that insidious piece of crap disease.
If he is not on steroids with his chemo speak to his dr about this as an option. It helped my parents tremendously with their appetite during treatment.
I wish you and yours well.

coconut milk base for mild Thai chicken or fish broths, (without heated spice) very fattening but easy to eat